Monday 13 August 2012

It was Monday, under the sign of Leo. The US president was Barack Obama (Democratic).
In that special week of August people in US were listening to Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.
Sparkle, directed by Salim Akil, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2012
while Fifty Shades Freed by E L James was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Go Public: A Documentary Film Project.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Crazy Cars: Hit the Road or Elf Defense Eng.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

The Wikileaks website is targeted by a sustained online attack. (Sky News)

American publisher and editor Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine and a leader of 1960s sexual revolution dies at the age of 90 in New York City. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)

Two new potential pyramid sites are discovered in Egypt. (''Daily Mail'')

Outgoing BBC Director-General Mark Thompson is appointed CEO of ''The New York Times'', taking up his role in November. (BBC)

Iran announces that the death toll from the 2012 Ahar-Varzaqan earthquakes is 306 with 3,037 injured. (AP via ''Sydney Morning Herald'')

The Vatican orders Pope Benedict XVI's former butler to stand trial for his alleged involvement in leaking allegations of corruption in the Holy See. (Reuters)

Three people are found dead in a burning car in a parking lot in Maine, in the United States. (AP via ABC)

2012 Summer Olympics:

Boxing gold medallist Katie Taylor arrives back in her hometown Bray, where thousands of people flock to the seafront to see her. (''Irish Independent'')

Genealogy: find out your family heritage

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